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Saturday 25 September 2021

The Danish navy budget 1910-1911 and naval multi-annual program according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1909-1910 no. 8

Olfert Fischer

An item reported that in the design Danish navy budget for 1910-1911 6 million Dutch guilders was asked of which 1 million for extra ordinary expenses. The new defence program asked for a fleet of 4-circa 3.500 ton coastal defence ships of the Olfert Fischer type, 24 torpedo boats or submarines of around 200 tons, 2-500 ton minelayers and the necessary mines and other equipment for mine barrages. As reserve for the defence of Copenhagen, Denmark were 2-1.500 ton cruisers and the present aged ships available. The Peder Skram was to be completed within 2 years together with 6 torpedo boats and 1 minelayer. In the three years to follow was the keel to be laid down for 1 coastal defence ships, 4 large torpedo boats and 2 submarines to be completed and started with the building of a large submarine, for the major part by the navy yard at Copenhagen. The winter squadron consisted now of the coastal defence ship Olfert Fischer, the torpedo boats Ormen, Nordkaperen and Makrelen and the submarine Dykkeren.